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Top 11: Our Picks From The 750-Plus Vehicles Up For Grabs At Mecum Anaheim!

Another month, another Mecum auction coming up for us to paw through. Clicking through the auction lots online reminds us of digging through the JCPenny’s catalog as kids as we wrote our...

This 1950 Chevrolet Pickup Is One Evil Mother! A Full-On Wall Of Tire Smoke, Fresh For You, From Nashville!

I’ve seen Jason Moody’s 1950 Chevrolet in person before, and the one part of it you cannot miss are the wide-5 style hubs. What would otherwise come across as a patina’d pickup...

Burnout Mondays: Let Ryan Tuerck Show You The Steps Needed To Fry The Hides Off Of A Minivan!

I’m no saint. Never have been, never will be, especially if there are a set of car keys nearby. I’ve told the story of my first burnout before…it involved a set of car keys sitting...

This Date Coded Cross Ram Z/28 Intake And Carbs Is For Sale On eBay For $27,500

In the realm of stupid expensive 1960s rare factory parts, there may be a new king in town. The seller of this matched and date coded pair of carbs and cross ram intake manifold is looking for...

Question Of The Day: With SEMA Days Away, What Do You Want To See From The Show?

“It’s that most wonderful time of the year…with shifters a-banging and tires a-blazing to finish off the year…” Yes, folks, that one week that we all look forward to is...

US-60 Drag Strip Nostalgia Day: Photos From The Pits

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – We’d never been.  Though we REALLY like the Straight-Axle Mafia (US-60 is their official ‘home’), nostalgia racing, and old tracks with history...

And The First Lucky Winner Of “Who Gets To Beat On Ken Block’s Escort?” Is Drifter Ryan Tuerck! Check Out The Footage Here!

As we showed you a couple of days ago, Ken Block recently turned his former rally-spec 1978 Ford Escort Mk.2 into his next Gymkhana car. It’s a evil little screamer, sporting a...

Racepak Video: Here’s The Right Way To Get Your Racepak Repaired Or Updated

If you run Racepak stuff, chances are that you are using your car or truck in a pretty hard and fast manner. When you do that sometimes things happen. The occasional crash, maybe a little fire, or...

Watch This Big Ural Truck Complete The Most Creepy River Crossing We Have Ever Seen

One of the most dangerous things you can do, no matter the size of your vehicle is to drive it across or through deep water, especially if there is any sort of current. In this case we have a Russian...

The Revival, Part 3: The Nearly-Totaled 2001 Ford Super Duty Lives! It’s Been A While, But The Results Speak For Themselves!

  If you aren’t familiar with The Revival Super Duty, or need a quick reminder of just how bad this 2001 Ford was when work started, CLICK HERE for part one and CLICK HERE for part two! It...

Dutch Classic 2015: Competition Eliminator And Other Class Photos

(Photos by Joe Grippo) – Here’s our last grouping of great Joe Grippo photos from the 2015 NHRA Dutch Classic at Maple Grove Raceway in Reading, Pennsylvania. Joe lives right around the...

The Ring Brothers Bailout 1966 Mustang Is For Sale On eBay

It’s really kind of crazy how amazing the level of fabrication, fit, and finish has climbed in the past decade of car building. Names like Trepanier, Ladd, Ring, and Strope have become...

How Much Work Could This Really Be To Finish? Toyota Pickup Meets Corvette Chassis

Easy peasy right? Strip a Corvette down to it’s chassis and then put something new on it. Say a 67 Series Toyota pickup! In all honesty I can’t argue with the though, because it certainly...

ACED: AutoCross Every Day! Mike Maier Inc.’s Autocross Nationals Adventures In Their Own Words!

Usually I check out YouTube or Facebook and find some cool autocross video for our ACED: AutoCross Every Day videos, but sometimes I get ones that people submit. Well yesterday Mike Maier sent me an...